11.8.14 River Cleanup on Patapsco State Park land off US Route 1 in Relay/Elkridge

Patapsco Heritage Greenway sponsored a River Clean-up in the Patapsco Valley State Park land off Washington Blvd in Relay/Elkridge area on Saturday, November 8, 2014.

Nineteen volunteers showed up on this relatively chilly day to pull over 1,793 pounds of trash and garbage out of the river and from the river banks! 22 bags of trash, along with tires, scrap metal and lumber were removed. Baltimore County side of the river had a total weight of 1,543 lbs.; the Howard County side had a total weight of 250 lbs. Besides the normal bottles, cans and plastic bags, we found some interesting items which were: 61 tires, scrap metal, a hydrolic hose, shorts, 3 pairs of shoes, buckets, joint compound. Natural items found were a toad and a bird.

Participating groups included PHG, UMBC, HCC, U of Md, and Lockheed Martin employees. These groups along with many wonderful individuals did a fabulous job in cleaning up the area.

A special thank you to our captains - Drew Henderson, Pete MacCallum, Josh Marcus, and John Merryman for organizing and over-seeing this event.